Born: b. 1981
Nationality: American
Education/Training: BA in English Literature from Columbia University; MM, Juilliard School, where he studied composition under Christopher Rouse and John Corigliano
Notable Compositions: film scores include Choking Man (2006), Joshua (2007), and The Reader (2008)
Assignments: has been commissioned by the Clare College Choir, the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, New York's Saint Thomas Church, Carnegie Hall, The Metropolitan Opera and Lincoln Center Theater Opera/Theater Commissions Program; has collaborated as a performer, arranger, and conductor with musicians such as Björk, Grizzly Bear, Teitur and the Holland Baroque Society, Antony of Antony and the Johnsons, Icelandic musician Valgeir Siguròsson; collaborated with Valgeir and perfumer Christpohe Laudamiel to create the scent opera Green Aria (2009)
Curious Facts: compositions have been premiered by the American Symphony Orchestra, Aurora Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Juilliard Orchestra, Boston University Tanglewood Institute Orchestra, Boston Pops, Chicago Symphony, New York's St. Thomas Church
Press: His cantata (created with designer/illustrator Maria Kalman) on Strunk and White's The Elements of Style that premiered in the New York Public Library was called "finely wrought" by the New York Times and landed him on 2005 year-best list of New York magazine
